Example sentences of "showing him the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a student has a habit of over-ruddering in turns , it is often worth showing him the effect on the stall of using even a slight amount of extra rudder in a gentle turn . |
| 2 | Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head . |
| 3 | Pat was showing him The True Path in stylish fashion . |
| 4 | That had been the highspot of the last week , sitting in his office , entertaining Basil , and showing him the problems that confronted him . |
| 5 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 6 | It was Nation 's close friend Dennis Spooner who had put his name forward to David Whitaker , showing him the science fiction script Nation had done for Irene Shubik 's Out of this World series a year or so earlier . |
| 7 | Peter was showing him the large white sheet that was fixed to the fence . |
| 8 | The welcome is of the warmest ; and tonight they are showing him the MRA film ‘ Freedom ’ , made in Nigeria . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ We were very close to showing him the door . |
| 10 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 11 | CELTIC boss Liam Brady has offered Derry boy Nigel Melly a one year extension to his contract — just weeks after showing him the door . |
| 12 | ‘ The Prince was perhaps showing him the sights ? ’ |
| 13 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |